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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster Capa dura - 1997
por Jon Krakauer
Last spring, Jon Krakauer, the acclaimed author of "Into the Wild", undertook a magazine assignment about expensive adventure/thrill trips around the world. And, in May, he went with an expedition to Mt. Everest, investigating how wise or safe it is to tackle the world's tallest peak. When disaster struck, killing eight climbers, Krakauer survived by luck, skill, and discipline. Now, he has written the definitive account of this headline-making tragedy.
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When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10,1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds...Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed Outside journalist and author of the bestselling Into the Wild. Taking the reader step by step from Katmandu to the mountain's deadly pinnacle, Krakauer has his readers shaking on the edge of their seat. Beyond the terrors of this account, however, he also peers deeply into the myth of the world's tallest mountain. What is is about Everest that has compelled so many poeple--including himself--to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense? Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eyewitness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement.From the Paperback edition.
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When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning he learned that six of his fellow climbers hadn't made it back to their camp and were in a desperate struggle for their lives. When the storm finally passed, five of them would be dead, and the sixth so horribly frostbitten that his right hand would have to be amputated. Krakauer examines what it is about Everest that has compelled so many people - including himself - to throw caution to the wind, ignore the concerns of loved ones, and willingly subject themselves to such risk, hardship, and expense. Written with emotional clarity and supported by his unimpeachable reporting, Krakauer's eye-witness account of what happened on the roof of the world is a singular achievement.
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- Título Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
- Autor Jon Krakauer
- Encadernação Capa dura
- Edição First Edition
- Páginas 320
- Volumes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Villard Books, New York
- Data de publicação 1997-04-22
- Ilustrado Sim
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Maps
- ISBN 9780679457527 / 0679457526
- Peso 1.35 libras (0.61 kg)
- Dimensão 9.51 x 6.56 x 1.06 in. (24.16 x 16.66 x 2.69 cm)
- Nível de leitura 1320
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- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Mountain Madness (Firm), Mountaineering expeditions - Everest, Mount
- Número da Biblioteca do Congresso dos Estados Unidos 96030031
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.522
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Revisões da mídia
Citações
- ALA Best Books Young Adults, 01/01/1998, Page 1211
- Booklist, 04/01/1997, Page 1276
- Entertainment Weekly, 06/27/2008, Page 98
- Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/1997, Page 357
- Library Journal, 04/01/1997, Page 117
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 01/01/1997, Page 72
- New York Times, 05/18/1997, Page 11
- Outside, 10/01/2007, Page 66
- Publishers Weekly, 03/17/1997, Page 63
- School Library Journal, 11/01/1997, Page 150
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